The Yuba Watershed Institute Presents…

“Patterns, Processes, and Players”

A juried, multimedia art show at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center to benefit the YWI.

Art work inspired by the Yuba River Watershed, from the microscopic to the panoramic

Opening reception on  January 9, 2016, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Join the amazing artists exhibiting in the show for appetizers and drinks at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center.

Plus, an Evening of Art and Biology

Battle of the Ranids: Bullfrogs vs. Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs on Shady Creek

With Tom Van Wagner, local amphibian biologist

Thursday, January 21, 7-9 pm, at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center.

https://yubawatershedinstitute.org/337-2/

18^th Annual Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition

December 12-13, 2015

Shady Creek Outdoor School and Event Center (new location this year)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, December 12, 2015, 9am-4:30 pm:

Our traditional Saturday morning wild mushroom hunt and identification will wrap up with an afternoon of displayed discoveries and identification workshops.  Please arrive by 9am to register and sign-up for a foray group.

Bring a lunch and be prepared to walk in the damp woods. Also useful: collection basket, waxed paper bags, knife, and hand lens. We will drive to sites 15 to 30 minutes away, and some may hunt on site. Please carpool and be open to sharing a ride with other attendants.

Following the foray, wild mushroom soup and other wild-crafted food will be for sale and we will present the following speakers.

• 1:30-2:30 Jonathan Frank- Boletaceae in the western United States– updates and observations
• 2:30- 3:30 Dennis Desjardin: California Mushrooms: A Comprehensive Identification Guide
• 3:30- 4:30 Darvin DeShazer- The Best Edibles of California

More details and driving instructions available at our events calendar.

Sunday, December 13, 2015:

Sunday we host the 5th annual Wild Mushroom Exposition. The Exposition is filled with presentations, interactive displays, and workshops based on our seasonal Sierra mushrooms. Stop by any time between 11 am and 4pm.  There will be wild-crafted food concessions, mushroom merchandise available for sale, and the following speakers will present.

• 11:30 -12:30 Danny Newman: Fungi and Parataxonomy in the Neotropics
• 12:30- 1:00 Matt Berry: Fire Tending and Fire Making With Fungi
• 1:00- 2:00 Jonathan Frank: The Fungal Life Aquatic
• 2:00- 3:00 Marlene Bottenfield of Tumbling Creek Farms- Cultivating Wild Mushrooms Biodynamically
• 2:00- 3:00 Todd Spanier- Mushroom Cooking Demonstration
• 3:00- 4:00 Alan Rockefeller: Mushrooms of Mexico
• 4:00-4:30 Best of Show, A Mushroom discussion at the display table

More details and driving instructions available at our events calendar.

Please be aware there are NO dogs and NO smoking at the Shady Creek Center.

Admission:

Saturday – $20 general; $15 for YWI members; children and full-time students free

Sunday – $10 general; $8 for YWI members; children and full-time students free

Information:

Email danmadrone@gmail.com or call 530-575-6192

More details and driving instructions available at our events calendar.

 

---

 Thanks to our Supporters

Bald Mountain Save the Big Trees Workday

Come help maintain the Bald Mountain Fuel Break that was originally built in 1995.

Meet at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center at 9am to caravan and carpool to the site.

The Yuba Watershed Institute’s Save the Big Trees Work Day will take place on November 7, 2015 in and adjacent to a McNab Cypress forest, an area of unique geology, botany, and natural history. We will be reducing fuels and protecting the unique forest of the Bald Mountain Parcel of the San Juan Ridge ‘Inimim Forest.  Several unique plant species are found here, including the Brewer’s oak, birchleaf mountain mahogany, silk tassel, creeping sage, and McNab cypress. The rare butterfly, Muir’s Hairstreak, feeds on McNab cypress in the Sierra Nevada.  The coast horned lizard and California thrasher have also been observed on Bald Mountain.

Bring water, snacks, work gloves, loppers, a rake, and earplugs.
We will be removing and stacking manzanita.
A chipper will be present to process the materials.

Sponsored by the Yuba Watershed Institute and the Bureau  of Land Management.
Lunch will be provided by the Ananda Center for Alternative Living around 1:30 pm.